APNs Send
The apns-send npm package enables seamless integration of push notifications using the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) with the HTTP/2 protocol.
Create Client
Create an APNS client using a signing key:
import { ApnsClient } from 'apns-send'
const client = new ApnsClient({
team: `TFLP87PW54`,
keyId: `123ABC456`,
signingKey: fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/path/to/auth.p8`),
defaultTopic: `com.tablelist.Tablelist`,
})Sending Notifications
Basic
Send a basic notification with message:
import { Notification } from 'apns-send'
const bn = new Notification(deviceToken, { alert: 'Hello, World' })
try {
await client.send(bn)
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.reason)
}Send a basic notification with message and options:
import { Notification } from 'apns-send'
const bn = new Notification(deviceToken, {
alert: 'Hello, World',
badge: 4,
data: {
userId: user.getUserId,
},
})
try {
await client.send(bn)
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.reason)
}Silent
Send a silent notification using content-available key:
import { SilentNotification } from 'apns-send'
const sn = new SilentNotification(deviceToken)
try {
await client.send(sn)
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.reason)
}Note: Apple recommends that no options other than the content-available flag be sent in order for a notification to truly be silent and wake up your app in the background. Therefore this class does not accept any additional options in the constructor.
Many
Send multiple notifications concurrently:
import { Notification } from 'apns-send'
const notifications = [
new Notification(deviceToken1, { alert: 'Hello, World' }),
new Notification(deviceToken2, { alert: 'Hello, World' }),
]
try {
await client.sendMany(notifications)
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.reason)
}Advanced
For complete control over the push notification packet use the base Notification class:
import { Notification } from 'apns-send'
const notification = new Notification(deviceToken, {
aps: { ... }
})
try {
await client.send(notification)
} catch(err) {
console.error(err.reason)
}Available options can be found at APNS Payload Options
Error Handling
All errors are defined in ./lib/errors.js and come directly from APNS Table 4
Environments
By default the APNS client connects to the production push notification server. This is identical to passing in the options:
const client = new ApnsClient({
host: 'api.push.apple.com'
...
})To connect to the development push notification server, pass the options:
const client = new ApnsClient({
host: 'api.sandbox.push.apple.com'
...
})